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Conn. poll shows support for new gun control law
While a new Quinnipiac (KWIHN'-uh-pee-ak) University Poll shows a majority of Connecticut voters support the state's new gun control law, there's doubt whether enough has been done to help prevent another mass school shooting like the one in Newtown. In a survey released Wednesday, 57 percent of registered voters said ...
Recall effort against Morse deemed sufficient
A recall petition against a Colorado lawmaker who supported gun rights was deemed sufficient Tuesday, setting up the first potential recall of a state lawmaker in Colorado history. Lawyers for Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, are challenging the recall effort. They argued that the petition was improperly worded and ...
Grand jury to get charges in Va. mall shooting
The case against a man charged with shooting two women at a community college inside a Virginia mall is headed to a grand jury. Media outlets report that 19-year-old Neil MacInnis waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Montgomery County General District Court. MacInnis faces malicious wounding and ...
Shooting during undercover drug deal in Charlotte
Authorities say a drug informant and a man selling him drugs have been shot during a deal in an elementary school parking lot in Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe said the informant was buying drugs with an undercover police officer around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday when one of the two ...
Cops: Greenwich teacher threatened school shooting
A Greenwich middle school teacher accused of threatening to shoot up the school has been ordered by a judge to undergo mental health counseling and stay away from the building. Forty-six-year-old Stacey Goodnow of Norwalk was arraigned on a disorderly conduct charge Monday in Norwalk Superior Court. She was held ...
Biden vows to 'beat the gun lobby' and pass laws
A scrappy Vice President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to "beat the gun lobby" by ultimately passing stronger firearm laws and said some lawmakers who voted against background checks have privately told him they want another chance. With President Barack Obama away in Europe, Biden held a White House event to ...
Teen killed, suspect sought in Kirkwood
Police in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood are searching for a 19--year-old man suspected in the killing of a teenager who just graduated from Kirkwood High School. The 18-year-old victim was shot to death Monday afternoon at the home of relatives of the suspect. The victim's name has not ...
Texas governor woos disgruntled Conn. gun makers
Texas Gov. Rick Perry extolled the tax policies and regulatory climate of his state as he courted gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave Connecticut since the state passed new gun-control laws in response to the Newtown school massacre. Perry shot at a firing range at Connecticut's venerable Colt Manufacturing ...
Texas, SD governors court Conn. gun makers
The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. While gun makers may be unlikely to leave behind their ...
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